diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 977091bdb..5df21cbb5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ kubernetes-asyncio>=12.0.1
 kopf>=1.35.3
 pykube-ng>=22.9.0
 rich>=12.5.1
-kr8s==0.8.16
+kr8s>=0.8.19